Gavin Dykes, Principal

What a great start we have had to the 2022 school year!  It has been wonderful to have everyone back on site after the break and I have enjoyed catching up with many of our staff and students to hear about their holidays and also their plans for the year ahead.

I’ve also enjoyed welcoming our new Year 7 students along with new students in other year levels into our Xavier community.  I am so pleased you chose to join us at Xavier and I hope you have enjoyed your first few weeks at school.  

In addition to our new students we also have a number of new staff starting with us this year. We are very fortunate to have the following teachers and support staff joining our school and I am sure they will all make great contributions to the Xavier community.  

Leadership

Eamonn Buckley - Assistant Principal

Shinead Kilroy - Leader of Student Wellbeing and Pastoral Care

Shane Piper - Leader of Learning and Teaching

Teaching

Kathy Daly  - English and Joseph House Coordinator

Vanessa Geddes - TAS

Brooke Johnson - PDHPE

Marrisa Joyce - English

Samantha Worthington - Science

Ashlea Ryan - Science and Maths

Colette Holmes - HSIE and RE

Jarryd Tormey - English

Zoe Manuel - TAS and CAPA

Support Staff

Bronte Bacash - Learning Support

Jade Marshall - Learning Support

Grant Kimball - Maintenance

Marilyn Howes-Carpenter - Cafe Manager

As many of you would know, the St. Francis Xavier Centre is complete and operational!  It’s a wonderful facility that I hope our students and staff will enjoy using for many years to come. I hope to provide an opportunity for families to tour the stadium when covid restrictions ease. 

As we commence the school year, we continue to face some challenges with Covid-19.

I thank everyone for their ongoing support and cooperation during this time as we continue to abide by NSW Government requirements and I appreciate everyone's efforts to keep our school community safe. For now, the current process remains with RAT testing encouraged  on Monday and Wednesdays and mask wearing for staff and students. 

We have had more RAT kits delivered to the school and parents and staff are able to collect another two weeks supply of kits from the front office. 

Applications close 9am Monday 14 February

Experienced teachers are encouraged to apply:

Music Teacher

Full Time | Term 1 to the end of Term 4 2022

CLICK HERE

Maths Teacher

Full Time | Term 1 to the end of Term 4 2022

CLICK HERE

Maths Teacher

0.6FTE | Term 1 and Term 2 2022

CLICK HERE

Join us for an engaging evening at Xavier High School for our Twilight Tours.

Tours will be held on both Tuesday 1st March and Wednesday 9th March from 4pm.

Xavier Staff and students will be on hand to answer your questions and showcase our excellent facilities including our brand new stadium the St Francis Xavier Centre.

Pre-enrolments for Year 7 2023 are Now Open!

To complete the form CLICK HERE

In Week 1 Year 12 students enjoyed their time away at Retreat, held at the Greenhills Centre in Stromlo, Canberra and is a part of the life of the school and of the HSC Religious Education program. 

The Year 12 Retreat is held early in Term 1 to emphasise the commencement of the 2022 school year to set students up for their final year of study as senior students at Xavier High School.

The Retreat program allowed time for personal reflection, group workshops, social activities and the opportunity to participate in prayer and Liturgy.  

Thanks to Mr Neville and Fr Martin for leading the engaging sessions.

On Tuesday 1st February we welcomed our Year 7s to Xavier!

It's always an exciting time commencing a new school year with NEW school photos!

Parents and families can order their 2022 school photos through Compass until 14th February.

Exciting announcement! 

Our Year 7 students will kick off their arrival at Xavier in style attending an Adventure Camp at Feathertop Chalet, Harrietville at the base of the Victorian High Country.

The Camp will be held from Wednesday 23rd to Friday 25th February.

It is the perfect opportunity for new Xavier Year 7 students to meet new friends, try challenging activities, learn new skills and above all have heaps of fun!

Keen to learn more > check out the video from 2021 below!

On Thursday 17th February 2022, we will be hosting our annual swimming carnival at the Albury Swim Centre. 

Our swimming carnival will have a new look this year which we hope will increase participation and community spirit within houses and foster some competitiveness to allow for those who wish to pursue further pathway a chance to do so. 

If students wish to progress to the BISSA interschool level they must sign up in extended homeroom to participate in the competitive swim carnival which will start at 8.50am and finish at 11am. Students who sign up to the competitive swim carnival must make their own way to the Albury Swim Centre. 

If students do not wish to participate in the competitive swim carnival they will arrive at school on Thursday as normal but in house colours. Students will have an extended homeroom to finalise relay teams for the afternoon and then they will take part in a house multi sport competition which will finish around 10.50am. 

Students at school will then be bussed from Xavier High School to Albury swim centre. 

At 11.30 all students will take part in the House competition section of the swim carnival. We will also have a water polo tournament in the 25m pool. The waterslide will be operating as per normal swim carnival. The carnival will finish at 3.20pm and students will be dismissed from the pool. A separate permission form for the BISSA competitors along with any other details will be available to families on Monday 14th February.  We will have confirmation by Monday if parents will be allowed to attend the carnival as well.

Keen to see more > check out the video from 2021 below!

The Xavier Collective is our award winning vocal ensemble. Being part of a vocal ensemble gives students the opportunity to build skills and confidence alongside like-minded peers across different Year levels.

This group fosters the skills required to become a great singer including vocal confidence, carrying harmonies, blending vocal tone and creatively interpreting music.

Students explore an exciting and diverse repertoire for various school and local performances as well as competitions. Vocalists of all levels and experiences are welcome to join, there is no cost to attend.

Rehearsals occur once a week over lunchtime with Mrs Anne Files.

Xavier offers students access to on-site private music tuition before, during and after school. Tuition is open to all students from Years 7-12. 

Xavier collaborates with instrumental teachers of music, providing students with the opportunity for private lesson on their chosen instrument.  

Students can study:

• Keyboard Piano
• Guitar - Acoustic, Electric, Bass
• Woodwind - Flute, Clarinet, Oboe
• Brass - Saxophone, Trumpet
• Percussion - Drums
• Voice - Contemporary

Shared lessons can be arranged with individual tutors at a reduced fee per student.  

For more information visit our Xavier website:

CLICK HERE and scroll down to Private Instrumental Tuition

For anyone who is taking part in the Vic Schools Mountain Bike Competition on Feb 25th please bring a note to school from your parents to let us know you are attending the event. This is compulsory. 

A reminder you need to find your own way to and from the event and that no staff members will be attending.

Did you know, there is a Xavier Facebook group for second hand uniforms & equipment?

This is a closed group, however you can request permission to join.

LINK: CLICK HERE

About:

New Xavier Sports shorts have arrived. 
These are for use on the sporting fields during competition events.

Xavier High School Albury Class of 1992 - 30 Year Reunion

When: June 11, 2022 – 6pm – 11:30pm

Where: Beer Deluxe Albury – Crown Lounge Level 2

The first reunion was about seeing where some people were at, 10 years on in life. The 20-year reunion was about finding people who had moved on in life. Let’s make the 30-year reunion about bringing us all back together.

Join us to celebrate/commiserate or just forget that it’s been 30 years (some more than that) since we’ve all been together.

We would love for you to share this event with as many as you can so that we can come together again.

The price per person will be $50 and will include food in your belly, lucky door prizes and a drink on arrival.

Bank details will be provided in due course and a due date will be advised as well.

If all that doesn’t get you enthused, then maybe just the thought of seeing an old friend (or foe) to reminisce, will be enough to draw you to this auspicious event.

We would love to see you there, including those we can’t reach and come together to celebrate moments in time that we all shared. #1992

Visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/21689678207

or 

https://fb.me/e/1taUN2q6v

Email: xavierreunions1992@gmail.com

The Australian Air Force Cadets is a youth development organisation supported by the Air Force for young people between the ages of 12 and 16 years of age who are interested in developing themselves and learning new skills that they take with them into their adult lives. It is not just an organisation for those young people considering a military career or just interesting in flying. 

There is so much more on offer! 

We are now recruiting for our 2022 intake and will be holding an information session for interested young people and their parents. 

Sunday, 13 February 2022 commencing at 5pm at our squadron at the corner of Dalton Place and Avalon St at the Albury Airport.